| PC Status | Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas. |
| Boot Drive | The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times. |
| Memory | 2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM. |
| OS Version | Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager. |
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
| System | HP G42 Notebook PC (all builds) |
| Motherboard | Hewlett-Packard 1425 |
| Memory | 0.7 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.1 GHz |
| Display | 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| BIOS Date | 20100520 |
| Uptime | 0.2 Days |
| Run Date | Feb 08 '20 at 23:04 |
| Run Duration | 2846 Seconds |
| Run User | USA-User |
| Background CPU | 100% |
PC Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
| Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
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1% 2.15 Pts
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1% 4.45 Pts
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0% 5.9 Pts
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| Drive | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
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Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 4.3 MB/s
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12.4%
Very poor
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13% 17.8 MB/s
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28% 0.13 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
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Samsung M471B2873FHS-CH9 2x1GB
2 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz
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2.49%
Terrible
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3% 1 GB/s
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0% 0.13 GB/s
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2% 1,721 ns
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System Memory Latency Ladder
L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
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System: HP G42 Notebook PC
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| Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples | 60x |
| Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples | 40x |
| Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples | 14x |
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| HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples | 143x |
| Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples | 12x |
| Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples | 9x |
| EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 42% - Average | Total price: $195 |